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DJUSTABLE HAME FOR HARNESS. No. 297,958. Patented Ap r. 29, 1884.

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PATENT OFFICE.

MARK A. a. WYCOUGH, or BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE HAME FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 297,958, dated April 29,1884-. I

Application filed December 31, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK A. R. WYGOUGH, acitizen of the United States,residing at Batesville, in the county of Independence and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Hames for Harness, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the ac companying. drawings.

My invention relates to an adjustable hame, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an adjustable hame to fit different-sized collars.

The details of construction and arrangement of the several parts will behereinafter more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed outin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a hame embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, atransverse section ofsame; Fig. 3, a cross-section of harne, and Fig. 4 a detail perspectiveview of the hasp-hook.

The hame Ais cut away on its outer edge, so as to form a groove, g.Within this groove I place an adjustable sliding catch-bar, D, havingthe outward projection, d, at one end, and the downward projection, d,at the other. A tongue-bar, b, is secured to sliding barD at b,a

spring, 0, being interposed between the bar D and bar I).

The hasp-hook E,provided with the slotted ends 6, turns around the shankof staple F and engages with the pins h. The hasp can in this way bemoved up and down and held in position over either pin h. There may bethree or more of these pins. When theend d of bar D is pushed down intothe groove 9, the end (1 is freed from contact with hole e of bar I,located in the bottom of said groove, and by pushing on the handle B theplate D is moved backward or forward,as desired,and when the projectiond arrives at one of the openings e it automatically drops into it. Byretaining a pressure on the projecting end d the catch extending upwardand out of the groove, and a hand-plate, b, secured to and adapted towill pass over as many holes as desired. It 5 will be observed thatthere is but little wear in the several parts, and nothing that iseasily broken or displaced by the rough usage which harness-hamesnecessarilyundergo. The several movable elements are preferably made ofmalleable iron, although they may be made of cast metal.

Having thus described claim'is- 1. In a hame, the adjustable plate D,provided with a'projecting push end, d, and an engaging projection, d,said plate being actuated by the plate b, secured to said plate D,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A haine having a grooved edge, having holes or notches in the bottomthereof, a sliding bar or plate moving in said groove, one

my invention,what I end of the bar having a projection to engage withthe holes in the groove, the opposite end move said sliding bar,substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. A hame having a grooved edge,a notched or perforated plate in thebottom ot'said groove, an adjustable plate or bar provided with anoutwardly-projecting end and downward-proj ecting point, a handle-plate,b, secured to the v sliding bar, and a spring interposed between thesliding bar and the handle-plate,as and for the purposeset forth.

. 4.. Ahame provided with an adjustable hook, E, and an adjustable bar,D, sliding in a groove, 9, at one end of said hame, the sliding barhaving a plate, b, and ring 13 secured thereto, sub stantially in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARK A.

Witnesses:

R. H. LEE, TH. J EFF. STUBBs.

R. WYCClUGH.

